te' o and she did know the man behind the hoax. that man's name who perpetrated this is a man you may know of the famous football family. he does know manti te'o. the question was was neon the hoax. he says no issuing a statement and i'm quoting here: this is incredibly embarrassing to talk about over an extended period of time i developed an emotional relationship with a woman i met online to realize that i was the victim of what was apparently someone's sick joke and constant lies was and is painful and humiliating. notre dame also issuing a statement saying that te'o was duped. again and again in all the interviews manti te'o said he met this woman, spent hours talking with her on the phone. now he says this was nothing but an online relationship. he had no part in it. notre dame is holding a news conference, bill, about 15 minutes from now in south bend. a lot of questions about this. so far we have very few answers. >> bill: it is a twist and clearly more to be reported. trace gallagher from l.a. tonight. lance armstrong now i